A cyclist has died after he was hit by a truck in Brisbane's west this afternoon. Police said the truck and bicycle, which were travelling in the same direction, collided on Moggill Road, Kenmore, about 1.20pm. An ambulance spokesman said the male cyclist, believed to be in his 20s, had died by the time paramedics arrived at the scene. In a statement issued this afternoon, police said the two in-bound lanes of Moggill Road had been diverted from Blacon Street but shortly before 5pm police said they had since been reopened.

A VICTORIAN couple's holiday ended in tragedy yesterday with the death of a 66-year-old cyclist. The Wangaratta woman and her husband were enjoying the last days of a holiday at Dicky Beach when disaster struck about 3.30pm on Monday. The woman went for a bike ride and was struck by a car at Pelican Waters, on the roundabout at Pelican Waters Bvd and Sir Joseph Banks Dr.

A CALOUNDRA woman has been charged over a crash which killed a Victorian cyclist at Pelican Waters last month. The 31-year-old motorist will appear in court charged with dangerous driving causing death. The accident happened on a roundabout at Pelican Waters Blvd and Sir Joseph Banks Dr on September 6. Julie Quartermain, 66, and her husband Leon, of Wangaratta, were enjoying the last days of a holiday. Mrs Quartermain suffered critical injuries and died later that night. The driver was not injured in the crash. Witnesses told the Daily that at least one child was in the car at the time. Mrs Quartermain was the first cyclist to be killed on Sunshine Coast roads this year in a road toll which stands at 15. Police charged the woman on Monday. She will appear in Caloundra Magistrates Court on November 15.

No reason to apologise for your failure to wear rose tinted glasses Ox.

Fresh wrote:6 month suspended sentence. $500 fine. That'll be it.

That much? Maybe the fine, she will be allowed to retain the license as she needs it to drive the kid to school 'cos it's too dangerous to walk or ride there with all the arrogant and incompetent people out there driving their kids to school...

...whatever the road rules, self-preservation is the absolute priority for a cyclist when mixing it with motorised traffic.London Boy 29/12/2011

Mulger bill wrote: she will be allowed to retain the license as she needs it to drive the kid to school 'cos it's too dangerous to walk or ride there with all the arrogant and incompetent people out there driving their kids to school...

A CYCLIST is dead after he was hit by a bus in MelbourneÂ’s south-east this afternoon. The 48-year-old Mordialloc man was killed when he collided with the bus on Warren Rd, Mordialloc, around 3.20pm. The bus driver, a 34-year-old Bentleigh man, stopped at the scene and is assisting police. Paramedics tried to revive the man but he died at the scene.Police do not expect to charge anyone over the incident. Investigators will prepare a report for the Coroner. The manâ€™s death brings the stateâ€™s road toll to 251, one fewer than the same time last year.

A CYCLIST is dead after he was hit by a bus in MelbourneÂ’s south-east this afternoon. The 48-year-old Mordialloc man was killed when he collided with the bus on Warren Rd, Mordialloc, around 3.20pm. The bus driver, a 34-year-old Bentleigh man, stopped at the scene and is assisting police. Paramedics tried to revive the man but he died at the scene.Police do not expect to charge anyone over the incident. Investigators will prepare a report for the Coroner. The manâ€™s death brings the stateâ€™s road toll to 251, one fewer than the same time last year.

Is it me or is the wording there a bit off... he (the cyclist) collided with the bus.... surely it would have been the other way around...

A WOMAN is dead and her riding partner is fighting for life after their tandem bicycle hit a truck on the Mornington Peninsula. The pair had been travelling near the intersection of Merricks and Stanleys roads, Merricks, when they collided with a truck at 2.30pm.The dead rider is a woman in her 20s.Her partner is expected to be flown to a Melbourne hospital by air ambulance.Sen-Constable Melissa Seach told the Mornington Peninsula Leader that a truck hit the cyclists, with one dying at the scene.Ambulance Victoria spokeswoman Susannah Wilson told Leader the cyclists were on a tandem bike.

A WOMAN is dead and her riding partner is fighting for life after their tandem bicycle hit a truck on the Mornington Peninsula. The pair had been travelling near the intersection of Merricks and Stanleys roads, Merricks, when they collided with a truck at 2.30pm.The dead rider is a woman in her 20s. Her partner is expected to be flown to a Melbourne hospital by air ambulance.Sen-Constable Melissa Seach told the Mornington Peninsula Leader that a truck hit the cyclists, with one dying at the scene.Ambulance Victoria spokeswoman Susannah Wilson told Leader the cyclists were on a tandem bike.

RIP

The other one just died too. (though wish they got their facts right! The Age is showing a slight change from what you've posted)

One cyclist, believed to be the man, died before paramedics arrived at the scene, while the woman suffered critical injuries.

Is that intersection pretty busy? Because I don't see tandem riders as speed-freaks much.

There's something seriously wrong with the way our roads are used and policed.

Not wrong with the last point. I was commuting home on a TWay and then the M7 Cycleway yesterday. The TWay is in the middle of the east/west lanes, each of which are dual lanes, and themselves separated from businesses and houses by a service road on both sides (that starts and stops unfortunately). The limit here on this dual lane road with no direct frontage is 70kph - many other roads less safe and busier are 80kph or even 100. This road is 70 because it was built/upgrade in recent years after the nanny state kicked off and classed as a built up road (gee the Gt Western Hwy is 80 nearly all the way to Parramatta and it has houses directly on the road for about 6 suburbs). Because it's 70, it's an easy target and a hwy patrol was parked in the service road with laser/radar guns out pulling up speeding drivers oh, and there's NO school zones on this road either.

The second hwy patrol was in a layby on the M7 itself, this motorway is only 100kph all the ones it connects to are 110kph and as an outer ring road this one has NO traffic jams (well less tha 1 or 2 a month) and considerably less traffic then the roads that head into Sydney so it flows freely.

Why weren't they near school zones, or on dangerous roads single lane roads, roads with blind crests, or just driving around to make their presence seen and felt?

Because cops are people and people can be lazy and this was an easy way to get some numbers...Nothing to do with road safety at all

The funny thing is it's illegal to ride the TWay but I do it as I have NEVER seen more than 1 bus going in my direction (and by definition NO other traffic). If I can I wait a minute or 2 for that bus to pass and then ride a lovely, empty and therefore safe smooth road out to the cycleway. Shame it's not legal to ride safely.

Looking at the road from the video it looks straight...Then a head on? What kind of dog was it?I was traveling down this way almost a year to the day in a black car and two identical trucks like the one in the video tried to sandwich me in three lanes and run me off the road. I swerved left and avoided being squashed. Then they tried chasing me... This year I will be taking the bus to the Christmas party in Mornington...And sitting next to the boss! You can't exactly jump over a truck...

I think this forum should write there own Australian standard for roads?Whatson for christmas?

Veerman, who pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing death, failing to render assistance, arson and thefts, was speeding at the time and despite stopping and getting out of his Daewoo sedan, drove to a nearby hotel where he set his vehicle on fire, the County Court heard.

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